Her blood hides the secret of the true power of God. And so she has to die.

No sooner has Rome been shaken by a terror attack in the Vatican, than Catherine Bell is haunted by her past: she receives a weird message from her adoptive mother Ava about her birth parents. The next day Ava is dead, her eyes, ears and tongue removed.

Catherine travels to Chicago to investigate – and shortly after her arrival finds herself looking down at the mutilated body of that man who years previously was in charge of her adoption. The trail seems to lead to Rome. Someone appears to be determined to prevent the young nun from getting behind the secret of her birth.

Baffling, fast-paced, well researched – for all fans of James Rollins and Dean Koontz.